Posted by admin on January 16, 2010
This site is for sale.
I simply do not have the time to promote and work it like I had previously been doing so.
The sale includes:
the domain thegreentipoftheday.com
the site (as is-easy to update, etc.)
graphics, banners, buttons
one year web hosting on existing server
You can generate revenue from:
button advertisers on site
promoting your own green products
placing affiliate links on site
Price: $500
I accept PayPal as well as Mastercard, Visa, Discover and AMEX outside of Paypal as well.
If you have questions, please email me at tara@taraburner.com
Posted by admin on September 25, 2009
Even though it’s still in the 90’s here in South Florida, other parts are experiencing fall weather.
Below are some green tips to for fall:
- Compost leaves.
- If you don’t compost leaves, then use biodegradable garbage bags.
- Weather proof your home.
- Turn the heater down and wear an extra sweater or layer blankets on your bed at night.
- Use a rake or broom instead of blowing leaves
- Put a towel or something at doors where drafts may come in
- Change your furnace filter
- Weatherstrip or caulk drafty windows
- Insulate water pipes
- Shop farmers markets for fresh local foods
These are just a few of many green fall tips.
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Posted by admin on September 1, 2009
With some kids already back in school and more starting after Labor Day, now’s the time to invest in waste free lunch kits and help educate your child on being more environmentally friendly during lunch time.
Environmental: The kit eliminates 100% of the paper and plastic waste generated daily by a brown-bag lunch. This waste usually ends up not being recycled or in landfills.
Personal Health: All food containers are stainless steel or non-leaching plastic, removing all exposure to potentially harmful BPA and phthalates present in many plastic bags and bottles.
Savings: $450 over the equivalent amount of saran wrap, baggies, napkins and paper bags. Save an additional $1500 if you substitute the stainless steel bottle for a $.50 bottle of spring water with each use.
Use & Care
Ideal Use: Perfect for children’s school lunches, or just buy the kit and use each separate piece as needed.
Cleaning: The stainless steel containers and sandwich wrap should be washed by hand with a non-abrasive cleaner and air-dried. The cotton bag and napkin can be washed in cold with a mild detergent to remove stains, and line-dried
Avoid: Not Microwave safe. Do not use any products as a cutting surface.
Kit Contents: Recycled Cotton Bag (1), Cloth Napkin (1), 8 oz. Stainless Steel Food Containers (2), 16 oz. Stainless Steel Bottle (1), Plastic Sandwich Wrap (1).
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Posted by admin on August 4, 2009
Chlorine is added to water in order to help kill microorganisms and other materials, but when it enters our body, it can also kill some of the healthy bacteria and cause itchy irritated skin.
Most people think chlorine is only in pool water, they don’t realize it’s in most municipal water sources, thus they’re in contact with it every time they shower and/or bathe. Chlorine is powerful in combating against many parasites and disease causing pathogens. While it attacks parasites and the such, it also attacks delicate body tissue when absorbed through the skin or breathed in. When you shower, the heat of the water causes pores to expand and these enlarged pores absorb chlorine instantly.
Chlorine not only dries and damages skin and hair, but it may also cause permanent respiratory problems. Shower and bath filters can help combat the effects of chlorine when you bathe and shower.
Babies and children have smaller bodies (obviously) and are more sensitive than most grown adults. A bath tub filter will help remove the chlorine as the tub is filling for baby/kid bath time.
Item #: 32740
Premium Shower Filter
This filter easily attaches behind a showerhead and removes chlorine and other chemicals. The result is smoother skin, healthier hair, longer lasting color (for dyed hair) and you won’t ingest chlorine.
This filter easily attaches behind a showerhead and removes chlorine and other chemicals.
Note: Not compatible with 1.59 GPM RoadRunner low flow showerhead.
Item #: 32710
Splish Splash Bathtub Filter
The Splish Splash Bathtub filter removes chlorine and other harmful chemicals from your bath water. This product allows you to enjoy a healthier bath, with the added benefits of softer skin and hair.
Green Irene says: A bath filter is really great idea, especially if you have young kids (and especially babies, who don’t ever want bath-time to end!)
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Posted by admin on August 2, 2009
Your body is about 60% water, so drinking lots of clean water is essential for good health, especially in the summer heat. Many people reach for bottled water because they think it’s a healthier alternative to tap. But in fact, bottled water is less regulated than tap water and, in many cases, bottled water is simply filtered tap water. Aquafina and Dasani, two of the best-selling bottled water brands in America, actually fill their bottles with filtered tap water. Why should you pay for someone to bottle tap water, when you could do it for pennies yourself at home?
Green Irene’s 10-stage water filter effectively removes a wide range of water contaminants, improving taste and water quality. Although the EPA monitors tap water closely, it is still possible for contaminants to leach off pipes in your home or office, affecting your water’s taste and purity. Our filter first removes any particles that may be left in the water. In subsequent stages, it removes free chlorine, heavy metals, pesticides, bacteria, and other harmful contaminants. The filter also removes many aesthetic contaminants, leaving you with crisp tasting water. The technology has been proven very effective in lab tests, yet is still very affordable.
By using our water filter, you’ll be getting pure water without creating plastic water bottle waste. The process of making plastic water bottles sold in the United States alone uses approximately 1.5 million barrels of oil. That’s enough to run 100,000 cars for an entire year. Nearly 80% of water bottles are not recycled, resulting in 38 billion water bottles clogging landfills each year. Using a water filter not only makes sense for your wallet and your health, but for the planet’s health as well.
This is a top quality filter that is long lasting and effective. The 10-stage filtration system contains a contaminant-removing filter that lasts three times longer than the common carbon block filter.
The filter also removes nearly every possible contaminant or chemical, so the only thing left in your water is all-natural, good-for-you minerals such as potassium, magnesium, chlorides and fluoride.
The filter sits easily on your counter top and connects directly to your normal tap. One of the great features of this product is that you can flip a switch on the faucet to allow normal water to flow through, so you don’t waste your filter as you do dishes. Then just flip back to the filter for pure drinkable water.
You can get yours for only $125 now here and search 32770
Posted by admin on May 12, 2009
It’s that time of the year…
start taking care of your lawn.
Raise your lawnmower’s height. Taking off more than 1/3 of the height of the grass at any one time will seriously hurt your lawn’s ability to photosynthesize. Leaving a taller lawn will not mean you have to mow more frequently. Like all plants, grass relies on its leaves to produce energy. When too much of that productive area is removed during mowing, the plant races to grow more.
Compost or mulch the grass clippings. Use the mower’s mulching setting to return extra nutrients to the lawn.
Control Irrigation. Install shut off devices that stop irrigation when it’s raining, or install a smart controller that waters according to local weather, soil conditions, and plant type. Also review sprinklers’ positioning and coverage quarterly, repairing any broken or leaking sprinkler heads. Reposition to eliminate runoff onto pavement.
Use an eco mower to mow the lawn. No gas, no noise. Just eco friendly way of mowing the grass.
Pull weeds by hand or mow over them frequently. Weeds, like grass, rely on sunlight for food. Frequently removing those leaves will hinder their ability to grow.
Consider some creative landscaping. While this doesn’t improve your lawn itself it can improve your landscaping and save you money time and is eco friendly. Planting native plants, especially those that use less water, will decrease the overall impact of your lawn-related activities. Rain gardens or grassy swales can help you reduce storm water runoff.You should also plant wildlife-friendly flower, fruit, and vegetable gardens.
Plant large trees. Planting deciduous, shade trees on the south and west side of the house can reduce summer cooling costs and lower energy consumption, which also translates into reduced carbon emissions. Trees are also valuable in shading paved areas to help reduce heat in your landscape. Shrubs and wildflowers can also provide food, shelter, and nesting sites for wildlife. Avoid planting invasive species.
Posted by admin on April 30, 2009
According to EPA here are some benefits of composting.
Compost use can result in a variety of environmental benefits. The following are a few of the most important benefits:
Compost enriches soils
Compost has the ability to help regenerate poor soils. The composting process encourages the production of beneficial micro-organisms (mainly bacteria and fungi) which in turn break down organic matter to create humus. Humus–a rich nutrient-filled material–increases the nutrient content in soils and helps soils retain moisture. Compost has also been shown to suppress plant diseases and pests, reduce or eliminate the need for chemical fertilizers, and promote higher yields of agricultural crops.
Compost helps cleanup (remediate) contaminated soil
The composting process has been shown to absorb odors and treat semivolatile and volatile organic compounds (VOCs), including heating fuels, polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and explosives. It has also been shown to bind heavy metals and prevent them from migrating to water resources or being absorbed by plants. The compost process degrades and, in some cases, completely eliminates wood preservatives, pesticides, and both chlorinated and nonchlorinated hydrocarbons in contaminated soils.
Compost helps prevent pollution
Composting organic materials that have been diverted from landfills ultimately avoids the production of methane and leachate formulation in the landfills. Compost has the ability to prevent pollutants in stormwater runoff from reaching surface water resources. Compost has also been shown to prevent erosion and silting on embankments parallel to creeks, lakes, and rivers, and prevents erosion and turf loss on roadsides, hillsides, playing fields, and golf courses.
Using compost offers economic benefits
Using compost can reduce the need for water, fertilizers, and pesticides. It serves as a marketable commodity and is a low-cost alternative to standard landfill cover and artificial soil amendments. Composting also extends municipal landfill life by diverting organic materials from landfills and provides a less costly alternative to conventional methods of remediating (cleaning) contaminated soil.
There are many ways to compost:
You may want to start off with a compost crock or compost basket that you can keep handy on your counter. They’re odor free and ventilated. They’re small enough to keep on kitchen counter or if you get the compost basket you can hang it from the kitchen door under sink to keep it out of way. This is great for collecting all your compostable items prior to taking them to your compost pile or to your indoor composter if it’s in a different location than your kitchen (mine’s in the laundry room since there’s no power outlet under kitchen sink).
You can have an outdoor compost pile that you hand turn regularly.
Spinning composters are also used outside so you don’t have to hand turn the compost materials.
You can have an indoor composter which is excellent way to compost when living in apartments, condo’s, townhouses or simply for indoor convenience. I have the Nature Mill Composter in green.
The Nature Mill Composter allows you to add up to 120 lbs. of food and paper items a month without the hassles of maintenance. No installation required, simply plug into a power outlet. The computer in the machine controls mixing, air flow, temperature and moisture for ideal compost, and rich food for your garden, with one batch every two weeks. Size: 20’’ high x 20’’ deep x 12’’ wide. Fits into a standard kitchen cabinet. Features include: foot pedal for convenient hands-free operation, vacation mode (automatically activates after a period of inactivity to conserve energy, and optimize heat and mixing for curing), security locking feature for public areas such as offices or restaurants, and spare carbon filter included for years of hassle-free operation.
Get yours now here
Posted by admin on April 24, 2009
Take off your shoes when entering your home.
Just imagine all the things from your shoes polluting your home.
The EPA did a study recently that showed that pesticides can be tracked into homes from shoes. Pets and people walk on treated lawns, then carry those chemicals into their homes.
Even without the EPA study, think about where you walk, what gets on the bottoms of your shoes and then you walk through your home depositing residue of all that funk on your soles into your floors. If you have carpet, it’ll hold onto all the debris and can affect everyone who lives there or comes in because of the allergens and pollutants, toxins that are left behind.
What about dog waste…ewwwwwwwwwwww, do you want that in your home? Or any other funky stuff that you can’t see, don’t know you’ve stepped in and then you walk it right into your home. I’ll pass!
So, to keep your home cleaner, the air in your home cleaner and take your shoes off at the doorway.
Posted by admin on April 23, 2009
When you’re on the go use a non toxic stainless steel reusable bottle.
They’re durable, easy to clean and no waste!
Stop using plastic that will most likely end up in landfill.
Stainless steel reusable bottles come in variety of sizes and colors to make it easy and fashionable to drink green.
Posted by admin on April 22, 2009
http://www.thegreenparent.com/2009/04/22/happy-earth-day/ has some great things you can do today (and every day) to celebrate Earth.
While, almost everyone knows today is Earth Day, I want people to know that every day is “earth day”. We need to make changes every day of the year, not just one…so consider what you can do to make a difference every day!
